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| TUMULT | AN UPROAR, A NOISY COMMOTION |
| INFIDELITY | TO CHESAT ON YOUR WIFE OR HUSBAND |
| QUARREL | TO FIGHT |
| SEIZE | TO TAKE BY FORCE |
| FORGE | TO FORM BY HEATING AND HAMMERING |
| FLEE | TO ESCAPE OR RUN AWAY |
| thwart | to prevent someone from doing something |
| moderation | to do things NOT in excess, the trait of avoiding excesses |
| prudently | wisely, carefully |
| loathsome | horrible, awful |
| boast | to brag |
| courteous | polite |
| mourning | to be sad because someone died |
| hubris | the flaw of being too proud |
| narcissistic | self-centered, stuck-up |
| plunder | to steal, loot |
| mammoth | huge, enormous |
| squall | a short, severe storm |
| insidious | slow and deadly, treacherous, sly, devious |
| bereft | incredibly sad, alone |
| lithe | bendable, limber |
| glowering | scowling |
| slaughter | massacre |
| contempt | hating, the act of despising |
| personification | to give human qualities to non-human things |
| hyperbole | exaggeration for effect |
| oxymoron | a seeming contradiction |
| simile | a comparison using like or as |
| metaphor | a comparison NOT using like or as |
| adversary | enemy |
| grievance | complaint |
| forfeit | to give up, as a punishment |
| languish | to get weak, to waste away |
| esteem | to respect or admire |
| banish | to kick out forever |
| purge | to get rid of what is unwanted |
| warrant | to deserve |
| transgression | a sin |
| augment | to increase or add to |
| fortnight | two weeks |
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